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  Nightcap (France), 18th century

  Tall man’s cap of brilliant yellow silk embroidered with floral vines in silver metallic yarns. Lower edge turns up in the bicorne style.

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  Nightcap (France), ca. 1730

  Man’s nightcap with a rounded crown and turned-up brim. The fabric has a green silk satin ground with a woven pattern of flowers and arabesques in cream silk. The brim…

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  Nightcap (France), 18th century

  Man’s nightcap made of four panels of undyed ribbed cotton with fairly deep cuff, piped along four seams and top of cuff with blue silk; topped with silk and metallic…

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  Nightcap, 18th century

  Tall man’s nightcap with deep bicorne cuff in salmon-colored ribbed silk, brocaded with a symmetrical floral design in silver metallic yarns and blue, green, yellow, pink, and white silks.

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  Nightcap, 18th century

  Man’s cap of yellow silk taffeta made up of four panels with a deep turn-up cuff. Embroidered with symmetrical chinoiserie floral sprays in satin stitch in blue ombre silk, and…

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  Printing Block

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  Printing Block

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  Printing Block (India), 1952–53

  Small block for printing embroidery designs. Carved of hard wood and used to print Chickan embroidery patterns. Shows a design of two roosters in profile with plant forms in between.

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  Clock (Germany), 1730–32

  Lantern-shaped clock case raising from tall concave sockle on roughly square base. Two satyrs seated on scrolls support arched cornice above which a ribbed, scrolled and wrinkled top raises, crowned…

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  Clock (France), 1807–10

  Flat, trapezoidal base with four arches along bottom front edge. Base supports a stage-like interior surmounted by semi-circular pediment inset with clock. Interior features a large door back center decorated…